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Looking for some really difficult math problems to give you a real challenge? These are surely going to challenge you.
Difficult math problems that will require a great deal of thinking to solve. You can brush up on your math skills. You should feel really good if you can solve them.
The following 3 pages of math puzzles were created by Mr. Terry Stickels, a renown syndicated puzzle writer ( USA WEEKEND magazine and King Features Syndicate ) who has written 35 puzzle books. Some of his puzzles are published here with his permission. Please visit his site and take a look at his wonderful puzzle books, they are located HERE.
1. What comes next in this sequence? 31 41 59 26 53 58 9?
2. What's the missing number?
382 13 661
429 15 780
551 11 821
158 14 716
933 ? 258
3. I have some rare coins. Each coin either has a value of 12 silver pieces or 7 gold pieces. 40 of my coins are going to be exchanged for silver and gold coins. I just found out that there are only 119 gold coins left. How many silver coins should I expect to receive with those 119 gold coins?
4. There are 100 people applying for a job that requires both a science and business background. 12 have no experience in either field. 64 have a science background and 80 of the applicants have a business background. How many of the applicants have a background in science and business?
5. What number comes next in this sequence?
20 26 21 28 24 32 29 38 36 ?
A) 30 B) 42 C) 46 D) 49
6. Suppose all the counting numbers were arranged in rows and columns as shown below:
A B C D E F
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 __ __ __ __
Under what letter will the number 2000 appear?
7. A special group of engineers from the Army has been selected to work on a new project. There are 120 lieutenants, 53 captains, and 37 majors and a group of colonels that comprises 3/10 of the total group. How many engineers in total are working on this project?
8. The product of two numbers is 161. The difference between the two is 16. What are the two numbers?
9. What is the probability of drawing three clubs in a row from a normal deck of 52 cards? The cards are not returned to the deck once they've been chosen.
A) a little more than 1%
B) 1 out of 4
C) 1 out of 10
D) 1 out of 13
